Valuing digital services

Diane Coyle, David Nguyen interviewed by Tim Phillips, 24 July 2020

The Covid-19 lockdown has provided the opportunity to measure the financial value we give to 'free' digital services like social media and Google search. Diane Coyle and David Nguyen tell Tim Phillips what they discovered, and whether this value should be counted in GDP.

Read the paper in Covid Economics 33

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Topics:  Covid-19

Tags:  COVID-19, lockdown, online consumption, value of goods

Diane Coyle

Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge

David Nguyen

Senior Economist, NIESR; Research Associate, ESCoE

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